From The Archives: Guessing the “Dallas” premiere plot in 1986

CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) 30 years ago, Premiere week launched several new TV hits.

We got a new kind of legal drama, L.A. Law (1986-94)

https://youtu.be/lQr01IMqhH4

And we got a loveable Alien, Alf (1986-90).

We still have a moldy Alf costume in the TV 12 attic from the syndication days.

CBS launched the southern-themed Designing Women that year (1986-93).

Oh, and we can’t forget this clip on Donald Trump’s tabloid popularity back in the day. (remember, one of those girls was Dalton, Georgia’s Marla Maples, who he ended up marrying).

Then on Saturday morning, we got Pee-wee’s Playhouse (1986-91)

And then there was that little daytime talk show launched in syndication, the Oprah Winfrey Show (1986-2011).

Of course, they weren’t all hits.

That fall we also got these ample-hyped duds.